Wednesday, February 15, 2012

MVP! MVP! MVP! He's a five-tool player: hits, runs, fields, drinks beer, recruits ringers (see below). He patrolled left field — Johnny B's glove is where right-handed fly balls go to die. And his bat spawns hits like Michelle Duggar pumps out kids. When we do this again, the team starts with him.

Can you say ringer? We started Shay at first base, but, uh, not enough balls were being thrown her way. So we switched her to the hot corner, where she fearlessly smacked down line drives hit her way. Oh yeah, she also has a mean bat and was our most knowledgeable base coach. Go Shay!

Another ringer! Stacy brought it all to the team: she covered a ton of territory in right-center field, she got it done with the bat, and she had speed on the basepaths. And did I mention she was a ray of sunshine in our dugout? Great job, Stacy!

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My life is complete. Thanks for the compliments, Orel, but I was hopped up on coffee, Monsters, Sudafed (the real kind), chemotherapy, and beer (no pizza tho'), so the drug test may render all efforts for naught.

Yes, that's right: we may be forfeiting those games, which would make the games 7-0 losses, which would really improve our standing! You're welcome.

Nomo-san: I know I said that a few times. DD was very professional, there was no doubt.

I know all this stuff goes out over the InterWeb, but if you find the Dodger Diaries website, you'll see the DD guy mentioning all of the players in a summary as if they were all regular DD people. Covering the tracks, so to speak. All the blogs can't be as awesome as SOSG, I suppose.

I don't like people who can't play by the rules. I gave them a chance and they blew it. Thankfully the LFP forum 2 team stopped them. I was debating what to do if they won. I'm glad it never came to that.

Yes there will be another sometime this year. I'm waiting to hear back from the park as to what dates are still available. I'll let you guys know.

Ryan and I were there about 7:30ish and watching DD warm up. They were running the outfield, running sprints, doing that scissor legged the pros do, and playing catch. I think they were up 5-0 at that point.

We decide to warm up but have no gear, so we walk over to their dugout and introduce ourselves, make small talk, whatever. Then, I go, so hey can we borrow a softball to warm up? I think they were up 10-0 after that. So we got our warm ups in, and little good did that do.

And by extension, making this thread happen. Cracking me up. I can just imagine the "Yankees" rolling in and practicing in unison and having full unit and such, and the SOSGers are rolling out of Stubbs' van after doing some wake and bake, trying to practice toss with some old waxed paper cups crushed together into a makeshift ball.

Love the idea of a mid-season tourney! A warmer day is just what the baseball gods ordered, though it did end up being pretty nice.

And yeah, Dusty Baker's Toothpick, Nomo and myself were the only ones that had arrived while the entire Dodger Diaries team was running wind sprints and doing stretches in the outfield. DBT and I looked at each other and asked, "Should we maybe play some catch or practice or something?"